gentilish

adj

gentilish

adj

Etymology From gentile + -ish.

1

Archaic heathenish; pagan

  • filing the tongue of Scripture to a Gentilish Idiom1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
  • Gentilish Prophet1665, Francis Roberts, Clavis bibliorum; the Key of the Bible:
1 more example
  • Gentilish elements1894, Alexander Brown, The Great Day of the Lord:

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